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DelVaLUG, the Delaware Valley LEGO Users Group, successfully
exhibited a group layout at the comics and pop-culture expo
Wizard World Philadelphia
pop-culture expo on 15-17 June, 2007, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
Participating members were Tim Caffrey, Roy Cook, Alice Leber-Cook, and Phillip
Thorne, plus new members and first-time exhibitors Arthur Stromberg and Amy.
Set up in a 10x10-foot parcel near the front of the show (amidst the major
corporate exhibitors), the layout was 6 Fleske-modules in size, in a “J” shape,
and featured one train loop, two trains, seven buildings, numerous vehicles, and
a plethora of minifigs; including:
- The Hall of Justice
- Four Freedoms Plaza
- Café Corner
- A dark variant of Café Corner
- Interpretations of robot-mode Bumblebee, Megatron, and Optimus Prime
- Vehicle-mode Bumblebee and Ironhide (from the new movie)
- The three-segment Fantasticar (from the new movie)
- Official minifigs from Batman, Harry Potter, and Spider-Man
- Custom minifigs from the Fantastic Four, Justice League, Spider-Man III, and X-Men
An article
about the show, with one photo of the exhibit, appeared in the Monday 18 June
2007 issue of the Philadelphia Inquirer. About 80 people added themselves to
the club’s email announcement list (for post-show photos and upcoming-show
announcements), including several likely prospects for new members. The exhibit
cross-promoted Philcon 2007, which is likely to be our next
major activity.
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DelVaLUG, the Delaware Valley LEGO Users Group, will be exhibiting at the
Wizard World
Philadelphia pop-culture expo on 15-17 June, 2007. The event is held at the
Pennsylvania Convention Center.
Featured elements of the display will be custom models tied to three of this
summer’s action movies: “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer,” “Spider-Man
3,” and “The Transformers.”
Behind the scenes: This is an event that DelVaLUG members first proposed before
the 2006 show, but we finally approached Wizard Entertainment this April. You
have to be diplomatic when cold-calling, and cite the right advantages; but they
were very happy to have us. After all, the company isn’t just comic books -- it
does publish the magazines ToyFare and ToyWishes, so a toy-based display
that can adapt itself to the show’s themes is definitely appropriate.
We’ll be using this event for AFOL promotion and club recruitment; the product
literature distributed at BrickFest will be used. Since I’m deeply involved
with the Philcon SF convention, I’ll also be promoting
that. It’s not a big segue; a matter of “Oh, and we’ll be appearing later
this year at Philcon -- different theme, much more convivial, and you get to
build with the parts.”
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In lugnet.events, Phillip Thorne wrote:
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Since I’ve successfully run LEGO-based events at the Philcon SF/F convention for the past three years, I’ve been asked to
investigate doing the same for the 65th World Science Fiction Convention --
Nippon2007, the first Worldcon to be held in
Japan, in August of next year. But I need your suggestions and tips!
Thanks for your help, everybody; and remember, this is still a feasibility
study.
Who? First I’d have to locate American (etc.) AFOLs planning to attend.
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I will be attending.
But, if you search my name here on Lugnet and look at my stuff,
you’ll find it’s not science fictional.
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Japanese AFOLdom can contribute even if its members don’t attend -- they can
mail-in MOCs (assuming I get some assistance with Japanese parcel post). But
actually contacting Japanese builders is, we all know, difficult. (I can get
recruitment announcements posted via the website and hardcopy progress
reports.)
What events? An exhibit is easiest, with MOCs provided by Japanese and
overseas attendees. An open build would be trickier to organize, because a
parts supply would be needed -- and although I happily loan mine to Philcon,
and the Worldcon will be shipping a bunch of stuff from the U.S., I’m not in
a rush to send my own pieces halfway around the globe.
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I agree, I don’t see how to get big things there.
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What theme? It’s an SF convention, and it’s in Japan, so the most obvious
models would be mecha -- replicas and original designs. But fans everywhere
build everything, so there’s really no “distinctive local flavor” to that --
is there? Models inspired by the author and artist GoHs (guests of honor)
would be topical -- that’ll require some research.
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Dave Brin is a guest, as well.
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(Obviously fantasy castles? “Final Fantasy”- and “Miyazaki”-esque flying
contraptions? Gojira & Co.? Mindstorms robots?)
Where? Any suggestions as to where else I should make this announcement?
Mecha Hub and Classic Space are the first that come to mind.
Followups to DelVaLUG since that’s my home club, and it’s low-traffic.
Other discussion elsewhere as necessary.
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Comments intermixed below
In lugnet.events, Phillip Thorne wrote:
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Since I’ve successfully run LEGO-based events at the Philcon SF/F convention for the past three years, I’ve been asked to
investigate doing the same for the 65th World Science Fiction Convention --
Nippon2007, the first Worldcon to be held in
Japan, in August of next year. But I need your suggestions and tips!
Thanks for your help, everybody; and remember, this is still a feasibility
study.
Who? First I’d have to locate American (etc.) AFOLs planning to attend.
Japanese AFOLdom can contribute even if its members don’t attend -- they can
mail-in MOCs (assuming I get some assistance with Japanese parcel post). But
actually contacting Japanese builders is, we all know, difficult. (I can get
recruitment announcements posted via the website and hardcopy progress
reports.)
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I might be interested in sending stuff(but I’m skittish about this sort of
thing, any assurances I could get would be helpful). I’d certainly be
interested if I could get some help to get over to Japan! Bryce, Soren, and
myself have some experience contanting Japanese builders.
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What events? An exhibit is easiest, with MOCs provided by Japanese and
overseas attendees. An open build would be trickier to organize, because a
parts supply would be needed -- and although I happily loan mine to Philcon,
and the Worldcon will be shipping a bunch of stuff from the U.S., I’m not in
a rush to send my own pieces halfway around the globe.
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Ahem, see what I was saying above?
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What theme? It’s an SF convention, and it’s in Japan, so the most obvious
models would be mecha -- replicas and original designs. But fans everywhere
build everything, so there’s really no “distinctive local flavor” to that --
is there? Models inspired by the author and artist GoHs (guests of honor)
would be topical -- that’ll require some research.
(Obviously fantasy castles? “Final Fantasy”- and “Miyazaki”-esque flying
contraptions? Gojira & Co.? Mindstorms robots?)
Where? Any suggestions as to where else I should make this announcement?
Mecha Hub and Classic Space are the first that come to mind.
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Certainly posting to MechaHub’s forums would help you out and would be a good
idea.
Mark Neumann
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Followups to DelVaLUG since that’s my home club, and it’s low-traffic.
Other discussion elsewhere as necessary.
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Since I’ve successfully run LEGO-based events at the Philcon SF/F convention for the past three years, I’ve been asked to
investigate doing the same for the 65th World Science Fiction Convention --
Nippon2007, the first Worldcon to be held in Japan,
in August of next year. But I need your suggestions and tips! Thanks for
your help, everybody; and remember, this is still a feasibility study.
Who? First I’d have to locate American (etc.) AFOLs planning to attend.
Japanese AFOLdom can contribute even if its members don’t attend -- they can
mail-in MOCs (assuming I get some assistance with Japanese parcel post). But
actually contacting Japanese builders is, we all know, difficult. (I can get
recruitment announcements posted via the website and hardcopy progress reports.)
What events? An exhibit is easiest, with MOCs provided by Japanese and
overseas attendees. An open build would be trickier to organize, because a
parts supply would be needed -- and although I happily loan mine to Philcon, and
the Worldcon will be shipping a bunch of stuff from the U.S., I’m not in a rush
to send my own pieces halfway around the globe.
What theme? It’s an SF convention, and it’s in Japan, so the most obvious
models would be mecha -- replicas and original designs. But fans everywhere
build everything, so there’s really no “distinctive local flavor” to that -- is
there? Models inspired by the author and artist GoHs (guests of honor) would be
topical -- that’ll require some research.
(Obviously fantasy castles? “Final Fantasy”- and “Miyazaki”-esque flying
contraptions? Gojira & Co.? Mindstorms robots?)
Where? Any suggestions as to where else I should make this announcement?
Mecha Hub and Classic
Space are the first that come to mind.
Followups to DelVaLUG since that’s my home club, and it’s low-traffic. Other
discussion elsewhere as necessary.
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